 | | | | | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | |  | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 03:29:02 p.m. ADT • : | | Large plumes of smoke could be seen around Halifax on Tuesday afternoon from a fire near Bayers Lake Business Park, about 10 kilometres west of downtown. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 05:59:04 p.m. ADT • : | | A Nova Scotia man has been slapped with a fine worth more than $28,000 after deliberately violating the province's ban on woods travel, a move he says was necessary to challenge the provincial proclamation in court. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 05:30:19 p.m. ADT • : | | In 2022, a point-in-time count revealed there were 586 people experiencing homelessness. That number increased to 1,132 in 2024, marking a 93 per cent increase in those two years. | | Read more | | |  | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 04:35:21 p.m. ADT • : | | The province is sending firefighters to New Brunswick to help fight the wildfires there. Meanwhile, Nova Scotia remains under a fire ban and tight regulations due to the extreme burn risk. Olivia Piercey has the story. | | Watch | |  | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 04:20:53 p.m. ADT • : | | That can include paddleboarding, snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding. Rosalind Beddoe is the co-director of Girls on Boards. CBC Nova Scotia met up with her recently at the Halifax Commons skate park. | | Watch | | | |  | | | August 12 , 2025 at 05:00:07 a.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | August 11 , 2025 at 06:57:27 p.m. ADT • : | | | Watch | | | | |  | | | August 11 , 2025 at 04:34:13 p.m. ADT • : | | | Watch | | | | |  | | | August 10 , 2025 at 07:00:58 a.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | August 8 , 2025 at 03:24:00 p.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | August 9 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • : | | | Watch | | | | | | August 11 , 2025 at 11:35:49 a.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 11:28:29 a.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | | | | August 12 , 2025 at 12:18:48 p.m. ADT • : | | | Watch | | | | | | August 11 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • : | | | Read more | | | |  | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | | |
